Apologies - photobucket no longer has my photos for this post available......
When you've never seen the realities of battle on your own soil, nothing, absolutely nothing, can prepare you for the destruction it casts so haphazardly. I'll share a few photos with those of you who may not have seen the actual remains of the Jieh Power Plant, because I became all too aware that many were unaware of the disaster. At some point, however, it becomes a morbid form of voyeurism. I will try my best to land on that microscopic thin line that sits between awareness and sadism, and focus my photos on what beauty remains in the world. So what you're seeing in the first photo is what's left of the Jieh Power Plant and it's fuel supply tank farm. The second photo is of the oiled shore near Beirut. after 4 months, many beaches are still contaminated, but most Lebanese have other things on their minds, like rebuilding the south...
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1 comment:
Indeed, we are graced with a mixed blessing of being sheltered. As I've often found, seeing it elsewhere only makes us feel greater gratitude for when it is not present.
I think this reflects the seeming paradox in the culture you see. At some spots despairous, at others (interpersonnally) joyous and celebratory (food!).
It is an awareness for us all to learn from.
(Nice job on the Comments addition.)
- MrTwistoff
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